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" It's complicated coming from a culture where to be a mother is more important than to have a career. "

Monica Bellucci

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" After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love. "

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" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "

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" We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age. "

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" Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. "

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" In France, they call the beauty of youth 'the evil beauty.' You don't have it because of you but because you're born with it. The other kind of beauty is your own work, and it takes forever. "

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" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "

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" I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating. "

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" I grew up in Perugia, Umbria, in a world outside of fashion, so I didn't learn about it until I was older and moved away. In Milan, the women are really into fashion, and all the big fashion brands are based there, but I don't think they feel pressure to look good all the time. "

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" I've been working with good directors - the Wachowski brothers, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Mel Gibson... I love American movies, but I love European movies, too, and I want to do both. "

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" Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny. "

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" I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me. "

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" Time destroys everything. "

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" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "

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" For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday. "

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" We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. "

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" Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools. All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they're not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true - they are still amazing! "

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" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "

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" Usually, I'm only sad when something sad happens. I am not a melancholic person. I like to live very much in the present. If I was an animal, I'd be a little cat. They like to live life. "

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" I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20. "

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" I think the person creates the artist. And I think when you get lost within your person, your artistry get lost, too. It's like in 'Birdman.' Because the artist inside you is attached to your soul. And when you're not attached to yourself anymore, the soul goes away. You can't let that happen. "

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" It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews. "

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" I like a movie that brings out many discussions. From my experience, every time I have done movies, they create this kind of situation. Like 'Irreversible,' 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Malena'; it's so interesting. I like to explore the dark side of humanity. That's why I'm an actor. "

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" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "

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" Because I'm pretty, everybody thinks I'm stupid. But it is like a mask, and you have to break the mask to show that there is something else behind it. You have to show who you are to make the others come to discover you. "

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" Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted. "

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" Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place. "

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" Envy is human nature. "

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" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "

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